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The Security Architecture Learning Path enables security practitioners to develop security architectures that are resilient against cyberthreats while enabling and supporting the goals of the business.

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Security Architecture training

In the Security Architecture Learning Path, you will learn to solve security problems by understanding the impact on the business and using a risk-driven approach to prioritize and mitigate security risks. This learning path teaches you the necessary skills to develop business- and risk-driven security architectures. As you progress through the seven courses, you will understand the role that you, a security architect, will play in an organization.

Learning path components

Security Architecture Skill Assessment

See how your Security Architecture skills stack up against other professionals in your field.

Number of questions: 20

Security Architecture – The Essentials

Get an introduction to the essential elements of security architecture and why it is such an important discipline.

6 videos
43 minutes of training

Enterprise Architecture Frameworks

Learn about aligning business systems with information systems to achieve business goals and enable the business.

5 videos
52 minutes of training

Security Architecture Development Process

Learn a seven-step process to get your security architecture development started.

8 videos
37 minutes of training

Threat Modeling

Find, prioritize and mitigate cybersecurity threats using modeling techniques.

8 videos
56 minutes of training

Designing for Security

Learn about developing reusable and proven solutions to reoccurring information security problems.

4 videos
37 minutes of training

Case Study

Learn to develop a security architecture that enables a remote workforce while maintaining or increasing the security posture of the organization.

9 videos
55 minutes of training

Summary and Conclusion

We conclude this learning path with review and some final words of advice.

1 video
14 minutes of training

What you’ll learn.

Security architecture as a business-enabling discipline
The role of the security architect
Security design principles
Common enterprise and enterprise security architecture frameworks
Business and security requirements
Threat modeling
Security architecture development process
Information risk assessment
Architectural risk assessments
Security design patterns
Reference security architectures

Who is this for?

Information security analysts and engineers
Enterprise architects
Security solutions architects
Security architects
Anyone who would like to get a good understanding of security architecture

Meet the author

Luciana Obregon

Luciana Obregon is a security architect at PayPal Holdings, Inc., a worldwide online payments system and money transfer company. Prior to PayPal, Luciana spent nine years working for Marathon Petroleum Corporation serving under several capacities, including security solutions architecture, security engineering and network security engineering. Luciana’s primary focus is on developing security solutions that are business- and risk-driven in order to enable organizations to secure their critical business information systems and information against cyber-adversaries.

In addition to holding a bachelor’s degree in telecommunications engineering from the Argentinian Airforce University and a master’s degree in information security engineering from SANS Technical Institute, Luciana holds several security certifications. Her notable certifications include CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) and GSE (GIAC Security Expert).

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